Engineering Minors & Certificates
To complement their academic programs, U of T Engineering undergraduates may pursue minors and certificates.
Engineering students also have the option to pursue minors offered by the Faculty of Arts & Science.
To request that your thesis or design project count towards an engineering minor, complete the 2024-2025 Minor Thesis Approval Form (PDF).
FAQs on Undergraduate Engineering Minors and Certificates.
Contact Information
The Faculty's Cross-Disciplinary Programs Office provides academic and administrative leadership to enhance cross-disciplinary educational services for U of T Engineering students. For answers to your questions about our minor and certificate programs, please email engineering.minors@utoronto.ca.
Cross-Disciplinary Programs Office
Professor Dionne Aleman, PhD, PEng (MIE)
Associate Dean, Cross-Disciplinary Programs
aleman@mie.utoronto.ca
Sharon Brown, Associate Director
s.brown@utoronto.ca
Donna Lee, Program Assistant
engineering.minors@utoronto.ca
Arts & Science Minors
As an engineering student, you are permitted to take a minor program in the Faculty of Arts & Science. Such minors are called "self-initiated minors" because you are responsible for ensuring all requirements are met. The Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering has no involvement with the coordination of minor programs in the Faculty of Arts & Science. More information about minors is available in the Arts & Science Academic Calendar.
Things to Consider Before Choosing an Arts & Science (A&S) Minor
As an Engineering student, you have the choice to pursue any one of a number of minors. However, some minors are difficult, if not virtually impossible, to pursue.
Many Arts & Science courses have enrolment restrictions that give priority to students in a specific discipline or year of study. Please review the Engineering Guide to Arts & Science Courses and the Arts & Science Academics page for more information on enrolment restrictions.
Only 1.0 full course equivalents from your core or technical electives required for the completion of the BASc Degree can be used to meet the requirements of a self-initiated minor.
Declaring an Arts & Science Minor
When you have or are about to complete your minor, you must declare it to the Cross-Disciplinary Programs Office by March 1 of your graduating year.
To declare your minor, email engineering.minors@utoronto.ca with the following information:
- Full name
- Student number
- Email address
- Program of study
- A&S Minor Name (e.g. Minor in Economics)
- List all courses you have completed or are currently enrolled in that can be counted toward the minor
The Cross-Disciplinary Programs Office may request additional documentation to prove you completed the requirements of your minor.